The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.